Dream Walker:
Thanks Pablo,
Nice find. I've been contemplating the switchboard in the mind that seems to prioritize certain sensations over others; such as selfing processes or sensation routines where internal stuff gets a higher ratio of importance. I'm thinking that the fight or flight/dhukka/stress center in the brain is the switchboard that we are hacking. By modifing this switchboard in different ways it seems that sensations get rerouted around this center and can cleanly and clearly get to the awareness center of the brain without the extra layers adding stress and obscuring it. I have not thought about the four ways in which such hacking could be accomplished. This reminds me of AEN's
Stage 2: The Experience of “I AM Everything” vs the Buddhist take of everything isn't me. Different internal vs external modifications of the priorities rule set in the switchboard? Interesting to think about. It tends to line up with Daniels advice for fourth path - to put all sensations in the same space with equanimity including the putting itself.
Gotta think about this a bit more, it might explain a whole bunch of the differences between types of enlightenment.
~D
Yes D, I believe that dealing with the fight/flight response is the key, at least it's what shows up in my sits and daily mindfullness.
As much as I like SY's 4 combos of inner/outer activity, I believe there's a missing part in the model. It's the boundary/edge between outer and inner what's missing. And I mean it literally, ha! Call me crazy, but these practices we're doing (eg. letting go) are meant to shrink the electric resistance in the fascia grid (meridians, etc) and spine (energetic centers and the like), so that any excess internal mind processing finds a way out of the brain (and thus preventing from triggering new stimuli to other parts of the brain), plus building a
Faraday Cage that filters/blocks outer noxious electromagnetic input and facilites inocous/healthy ones. So, this boundary/edge kills two birds with the same arrow. This is my working hypothesis, may be in the future I would be able to develop it.
Best,
Pablo